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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
6
The Sisters of the Skillet officiate the presentation of the Order of the Pork Chop to Charles Smith, apprentice cook in the White Star Majestic kitchens. They have hosted household hints on NBC networks four times weekly after gaining the freedom of the kitchens in New York City.
Bremer county Iowa Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9 00 am in Waverly with Lang Schwein and Miller present. They audited claims and later adjourned to 1 00 pm. Afternoon session reviewed a supplemental estimate for 1931 and 1932 with publication affidavits noted and final correction set at 18 688 00 levied 1931 18 6388 00 expenditure 1932 2 of maintenance levy 2 mills.
Hemp once a profitable county crop has dwindled as its main market shifts to cheaper jute from India. Despite optimistic claims, Agriculture officials say most land isn’t suitable and demand is already met, keeping hemp prices too low to attract growers. Washington Star notes the drift away from hemp in favor of imports.
The item lists assorted figures: teachers in one-teacher schools would line up for 87 1/10 miles, US exports 2,200 millions eggs in shells in 1930, Yellowstone park visitors are 60 percent women, shipping a car to Europe costs 275 to 390 dollars, Waycross Georgia has 110 residents over 75, under three percent of incarcerated can play music, Windsor and Buckingham palaces hold 400 clocks, one lobster in eight thousand hatchlings reach maturity, Scotland’s population fell by eight percent in ten years.
The Pathfinder reports Monticello Florida yields the bulk of local watermelon seed, about 17 tons annually, traded to seed companies. After harvest, overripe melons are cut open, seeds are washed in water, sound seeds sink and floaters discarded, then dried and bagged for shipment, yielding about $35,000 yearly.
An older health advert warns constipation can become chronic after age forty and cause piles and related disorders. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe prescription effective for all ages, saying it is made from laxative herbs and pure pepsin and cannot gripe or weaken.
A collection of curious statements notes George Washington's son as a playwright and asserts Pickett did not join his famed charge at Gettysburg. It discusses weather, sea salt in frozen water, wild goldfish, Romanoffs, beer origins, and early ship gun positions with a casual Pathfinder voice.
Breezes on Lake Superior near Port Arthur and Fort Williams are said to ease hay fever. The Philippines hosts Silupa ranch on Mindanao. Ocean liner captains may not take wives to sea. The Richard Harding Davis estate has grown from 49000 to 136000 since his death fifteen years ago. In Canton a temple test led to a bridge by squaws and a gilt Marco Polo statue in the Temple of the Five Hundred Arrhats.
A Montreal Family Herald piece quotes a student urging youth to seek adventure and personal responsibility. It argues young people gain more thrill from carving their own path than passive luxury, while stressing that individuals must seize the battles within reach and address wrongs or evils they can confront.
A Kansas City Star item recounts a classroom moment told by Mrs A M G about a five year old girl who says she was born in Egypt. The child adds that she and Moses and another sister were all born in Egypt, drawing interest from a Jewish listener.
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